From left: Michelle Salaün, Jeannine Plassard and Marie-Annick Gouez, the daughters of Catherine Tournellec Salaün, stand at their mother's grave in Plabennec, in France's Brittany region, in June. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
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Scott Simon's family at the Normandy cemetery. Scott Simon hide caption
Opinion: Remembering the fallen heroes of Normandy's sacred bluffs
An aerial view of Pointe du Hoc, a clifftop in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, on the French western Norman coast, taken in October 2018. Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Enthusiasts wearing replica World War II military attire ride atop a WWII-era military truck in Saint-Côme-du-Mont, northwestern France, on Tuesday, as part of the D-Day commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
World War II veteran Gene Kleindl, age 102, from Rockford, Ill., receives a kiss from Chantell Boivin while leaving the Normandy American Cemetery on June 4 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Kleindl, a medic in the U.S. Army's 90th Infantry Division, arrived on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
To mark D-Day, Biden will deliver a defense of democracy that hits on campaign themes
D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial Ken Hay, 98, who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment, speaks to children during a visit to Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham, England, on Monday, May 20, 2024, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Gareth Fuller/AP hide caption
Guests, including U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, watch as a French elite acrobatic flying team soars over Tuesday's ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The U.S.' top general reflects on the changing face of war, 79 years after D-Day
A D-Day veteran arrives to watch the official opening of the British Normandy Memorial in France via a live feed, during a ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, England, on Sunday. Jacob King/AP hide caption
Joann Woodson kneels at the gravesite of her husband, Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr., at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Linda Hervieux via AP hide caption
Senators Push For Medal Of Honor For Late Black Medic Who Saved Lives At Normandy
Members of the World War II Airborne Demonstration Team parachute into Normandy on Wednesday, in Sannerville. Luke Sharrett for NPR hide caption
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron greet a U.S. veteran during the D-Day commemoration at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Ian Langsdon/Reuters hide caption
U.S. World War II D-Day veteran Tom Rice, from Coronado, Calif., parachutes in a tandem jump into a field in Carentan, Normandy, France, on Wednesday. Approximately 200 parachutists participated in the event, replicating a jump made by U.S. soldiers on June 6, 1944 — D-Day. AP hide caption
Veterans stand in front of a 1944 image of their comrades wading onto the beaches of France during D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth, England. Leaders of 16 countries involved in World War II joined Queen Elizabeth II at the ceremony on Wednesday. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II hosts President Trump for a state banquet in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace in London on Monday, the first day of the U.S. president and first lady's three-day state visit to the U.K. Dominic Lipinski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An undated photo, provided by family member Susan Lawrence, shows twin brothers Julius (left) and Ludwig Pieper in their U.S. Navy uniforms. Susan Lawrence via AP hide caption
How A High Schooler Helped Reunite Twins 74 Years After Their World War II Deaths
Army Spc. Kevin Bogucki, left, of the 82nd Airborne Division prepares for a training jump last month at Fort Bragg, N.C. Matt Couch/WUNC hide caption
Bryson William Verdun Hayes makes a tandem skydive at the age of 101. Skydive Buzz/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Normandy veterans parade in Arromanches, France, during events to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Gareth Fuller/PA Photos/Landov hide caption
World War II veterans salute as taps is played at a ceremony Friday at the Normandy American Cemetery marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption